Definitions for guitar
gɪˈtɑrgui·tar

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. guitarnoun

   a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. guitarnoun

   A stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

2. guitarverb

   To play the guitar.

3. Etymology: From guitarra, from قيثارة, from cithara, from κιθάρα. Compare cither.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Guitarnoun

   a stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers

2. Etymology: [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.guitarra, It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. ; cf. L. cithara. Cf. Cittern, Gittern.]

Freebase(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Guitar

   The guitar is a string instrument of the chordophone family constructed from wood and strung with either nylon or steel strings. The modern guitar was preceded by the lute, vihuela, four-course renaissance guitar and five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument. There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar, the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar. The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the vibration of the strings, which is amplified by the body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerpicking technique. Electric guitars, introduced in the 1930s, use an amplifier that can electronically manipulate and shape the tone. Early amplified guitars employed a hollow body, but a solid body was eventually found more suitable, as it was less prone to feedback. Electric guitars have had a continuing profound influence on popular culture. Guitars are recognized as a primary instrument in genres such as blues, bluegrass, country, flamenco, folk, jazz, jota, mariachi, metal, punk, reggae, rock, soul, and many forms of pop.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Guitar

   gi-tär′, n. a six-stringed musical instrument, somewhat like the lute, well adapted for accompanying the voice. [Fr. guitare—L. cithara—Gr. kithara, a lyre or lute. See Cithern.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. guitar

   An instrument to create sound and play music.

   Guitars are created in many forms, shapes, sizes, styles and sounds.

   Submitted by MaryC on June 29, 2015  

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1. • Stringed Instrument

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guitar' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3525

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guitar' in Nouns Frequency: #1267

How to pronounce guitar?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of guitar in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of guitar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of guitar in a Sentence

1. Dick Dale:

   What I was trying to do was actually capture the sound of being out in the ocean, when I'd be out there surfing, I could feel this thunderous sound. It was just like the screaming, the roar of the tiger. When I started banging on my guitar, I was trying to emulate that same sound - that fat, thick sound.

2. Darren Julien:

   It's a guitar that he played in 1963 at various performances throughout the UK, (He) also played it at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, which is really one of their historic performances.

3. Ringo Starr:

   (We) thought ... we've got lots of furniture, we've got lots of cutlery ... and I thought let's make it really crazy and special ... like John's guitar, it's been played twice.

4. Fernando Montoya:

   He said a guy pulled a pistol out of a guitar case and started to shoot.

5. Shannon Lamb:

   You know you would have never have thought that something like this would happen. You'd want to be like him and play guitar.

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